Several McCain supporters made it clear they would not be voting for him in November.

At the end of the episode, the McCain supporters emerge from their "ark" to find that society has not collapsed overnight.

In this case, if the "pollster" determined that the person was a McCain supporter, he made statements designed to create doubt about the senator.

However, some noted the lack of McCain supporters in the audience.

And one McCain supporter said efforts by the aides to hammer out a document detailing joint policy goals had failed.

Many of those interviewed identified themselves as McCain supporters.

"If McCain supporters do not call in, Bush supporters will control the airwaves."

But McCain supporters said the ticket-splitting showed that some voters simply did not understand the ballot.

This week, a small band of volunteers took it upon themselves to make phone calls to encourage McCain supporters to go to the polls.

McCain supporters can only hope to exploit the big-money tableau as the reason the senator will keep running as a party reformer.